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Battle of Monocacy. Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, and author from Indiana.
Mar 26, 2013 · On April 5, 1862, Lew Wallace had been the youngest major general in the Union Army, a promising if brash officer who’d fought ably during the early months of the conflict.
Lewis Wallace was an American soldier, lawyer, diplomat, and author who is principally remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur. The son of David Wallace, an Indiana governor and one-term U.S. congressman, Lew Wallace left school at 16 and became a copyist in the county clerk’s office, reading.
The Novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Following his first novel, The Fair God (1873), Lew Wallace believed he could make a career for himself in writing. Although a novel with Jesus Christ as the protagonist would be a hard sell with the American public, Wallace began writing.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace, published by Harper and Brothers on November 12, 1880, and considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century". [1] It became a best-selling American novel, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe 's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) in sales.
May 26, 2024 · Lew Wallace served as a general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and he was the author of the highly-acclaimed novel, Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ.
The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum - dedicated to preserving the legacy of Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur, soldier, diplomat, and more.
